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Re: [PATCH v5 2/3] pull: move default warning

From
Felipe Contreras <felipe.contreras@gmail.com>
Date
Dec 12, 2020, 01:05 UTC
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On Fri, Dec 11, 2020 at 6:00 PM Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com> wrote:
> Felipe Contreras <felipe.contreras@gmail.com> writes:
Show 19 quoted lines
> > Should actually be something like:
> >
> >         if (rebase_unspecified && !can_ff)
> >                 die("Not a fast-forward; must either merge or rebase");
>
> The illustration I gave in the message you are responding to was
> made in the context of patch 2/3; with patch 3/3 where can_ff
> exists, it would not become like what you gave above.  It should
> instead become
>
>         if (rebase_unspecified && !opt_ff && !can_ff) {
>                 if (opt_verbosity >= 0 && advice_pull_non_ff)
>                         show_advice_pull_non_ff();
>                 die("not a fast-forward; must merge or rebase");
>         }
>
> i.e. when we can fast-forward, we do not trigger the "you must
> specify rebase/merge" message, and we do not trigger the "not a
> fast-forward" error.

It's not the !can_ff part I'm trying to highlight, it's the lack of advice *after* we have decided to flip the switch.

As I said in another thread: I don't think we have any long condescending error in any other command.

Cheers.
-- 
Felipe Contreras
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  1. 0/3 pull: stop warning on every pullFelipe Contreras, Dec 10, 2020
  2. 2/3 pull: move default warningFelipe Contreras, Dec 10, 2020
  3. Junio C HamanoDec 11, 2020
  4. Felipe ContrerasDec 11, 2020
  5. Junio C HamanoDec 12, 2020
  6. Felipe ContrerasDec 12, 2020
  7. Junio C HamanoDec 13, 2020
  8. Felipe ContrerasDec 14, 2020
  9. Felipe ContrerasDec 12, 2020
  10. 1/3 pull: refactor fast-forward checkFelipe Contreras, Dec 10, 2020
  11. Junio C HamanoDec 11, 2020
  12. Felipe ContrerasDec 12, 2020
  13. 3/3 pull: display default warning only when non-ffFelipe Contreras, Dec 10, 2020
  14. Junio C HamanoDec 11, 2020
  15. Felipe ContrerasDec 11, 2020
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  17. Felipe ContrerasDec 12, 2020
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  19. Felipe ContrerasDec 12, 2020
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  21. Felipe ContrerasDec 14, 2020
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